Improvement in ironing-boards



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No. 194,209. j Patented Aug.14,187'7 v WITNESSES:

mvmow UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS H. YOUNG AND JOHN S. SHELDON, OFgSTANHOPE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORSTO SAID SHELDON.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONING-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,209, dated August14, 1877; application filed April 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern ing-board on which shirts and other articlesmay be ironed with great facility, the board being readily stored awayafter use, and taking up but a small space.

The invention consists of an ironing-board whose front end is recessedto form a larger board for the bosoms and a smaller board for thesleeves, the front part being supported by a hinged adjustableleg andlockingbrace that fold to the board after use.

In the drawing, A represents an. ironingboard of the usual size, withrounded-ofi'ends,

which is divided at the front part by a longitudinal recess, a, into twosmallerboards, of which the wider board B serves for the purpose ofironing bosoms, while the other narrower board B serves for ironingshirt-sleeves, the niain part of the board serving in the customarymanner for ironing the other clothes.

The board A is preferably covered with heavy paper or pasteboard, Whichis again covered with calico or a woolen fabric, so as to keep the heatin the board and facilitate the ironing and smoothing of all kinds ofgoods thereon.

The covering is secured to the board by means of a fastening-wire thatextends around the board, being laid into a circumferential groove inthe edge of the board and fastened thereto at the ends. In this mannertags may be dispensed with, and the board readily covered again when theold cover is worn out. 7

The ironing-board A is attached at the rear end by a steel spring-clamp,O, which is secured to the board either to a table, chair,

window-sill, or other support, the springclamp being bent at the freeend into hookshape for catching into a hole bored at the under side oftable, or to the top of a chair, so as to be retained steadily inposition thereon.

The front partof the board is supported on an adjustable leg, D, thatmay be raised or lowered to any desired height. The leg is formed of twosections, E E, the lower socket section resting on outwardly-spreadlegs, while the upper section E is hinged by curved arms with end pivotsto perforated ears or lugs b at the under side of the board. The mainpiece of the upper section E is slotted and guided in a recess of thelower section E,

to be adjusted therein and fastened rigidly thereto bya screw-bolt andthumb-nut, d.

A hinged brace, F, is applied to ears 6 of the board back of the leg D,and seated by a curved part, c, on the central part of the upperleg-section, so as to retain thesamerigidly in position on the board.The front part of brace F is extended forward and made of ring-shape,for the purposeof being used as a rest. or support for the flat-ironwhen both hands are temporarily required for arranging the clothes onthe board.

When the brace is released from. the upper leg-section the leg may bereadily swung up to the board, and thus the entire board stored away infolded state, taking up but a small space, and being instantly put upagain for use with convenience and ease.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-.

1. An ironing-board divided by a longitudinal recess or slot at thefront end into a wider and a narrower supplementary'board for ironingbosoms and sleeves, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The leg-holding brace, bent to bind on the upper leg-section, andhaving an enlarged front end or rest for the flat-iron, substan tiallyas described. I

FRANCIS H. YOUNG. JOHN S. SHELDON.

. JOHN S. MINIoN.

